AFS-11-169-E 

May 3, 2011 

 Exemption No. 7560E 

 Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2000-7997 

Sean E. Gallagan, Ph.D. 

Principal 

George T. Baker Aviation School 

3275 N.W. 42nd Avenue 

Miami, FL 33142 

Dear Dr. Gallagan: 

This letter is to inform you that we have granted your petition to extend Exemption 

No. 7560, as amended. It explains the basis for our decision and describes its effect. 

The Basis for Our Decision 

By letter dated January 11, 2011, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 

on behalf of George T. Baker Aviation School (Baker) for an extension of Exemption 

No. 7560, as amended. That exemption from §§ 65.17(a), 65.19(b), and 65.75 of Title 14, 

Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) allows Baker to administer FAA oral and practical 

tests to its students at time and places defined in its FAA-approved operations handbook. In 

addition, it allows Baker to approve students for retesting within 30 days after failure without 

requiring a signed statement certifying that additional instruction has been given in the failed 

area. That grant of exemption allows Baker to conduct oral and practical mechanic tests as an 

integral part of the education process rather than upon students’ successful completion of the 

mechanic written tests. Finally, it allows Baker to administer the aviation mechanic general 

written knowledge test to students immediately following the successful completion of the 

general curriculum but before meeting the requirements of § 65.77. 

In your petition, you indicate that there has been no change in the conditions and reasons 

relative to public interest and safety that were the basis for granting the original exemption. 
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You also state that this exemption has had a positive impact on the enrollment and the number 

of licensed airframe and powerplant mechanics graduating from the school. 

The FAA has determined that good cause exists for not publishing a summary of the petition 

in the Federal Register because the requested extension of the exemption would not set a 

precedent, and any delay in acting on this petition would be detrimental to Baker. 

Our Decision 

The FAA has determined that the justification for the issuance of Exemption No. 7560, as 

amended, remains valid with respect to this exemption and is in the public interest. 

Therefore, under the authority provided by 49 U.S.C. 40113 and 44701, which the FAA 

Administrator has delegated to me, I grant your petition, subject to the conditions and 

limitations listed below. 

Conditions and Limitations 

1. Before exercising the privileges of this exemption, Baker must provide its operations 

handbook to and receive approval from the Flight Standards District Office having 

certificate responsibility for Baker’s operation. 

2. Baker’s operations handbook must contain the manner in which oral and practical 

mechanic tests are to be administered and the time and places at which Baker intends 

to administer tests under this exemption. 

3. Baker’s operations handbook must contain procedures for retesting after failure of the 

oral or practical mechanic test for an instructional unit. 

4. Before retesting after a failure, a student must repeat the entire instructional unit 

associated with the failed test and receive authorization from Baker to retake the test. 

The operations handbook must contain procedures for documenting and tracking 

compliance with all retesting procedures. 
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The Effect of Our Decision 

Our decision extends the termination date of Exemption No. 7560, as amended, to June 30, 

2013 unless sooner superseded or rescinded. 

Sincerely, 

/s/ 

Raymond Towles 

Acting Director, Flight Standards 

 Service